Games We Played Last Month

I am always looking for new game ideas for our student ministry. I know I’m not the only youth worker who spends time each week looking for games. We all do it. To help others out I want to start sharing here on my site the games we played during the previous month in our student ministry. As you will quickly see I rarely come up with my own original games. I’m not that creative. I’m grateful for sites like Download Youth Ministry, Youth Group Collective, Youthmin.org, Youth Leader Stash, and Fun Ninja that offer incredible game ideas as well as other great content.Most of the games we do in our student ministry come from those sites so I will always be linking you back to them to buy the game content or download the original graphic. So with all that said, lets get started. Here are the games we played during the month of September.

Be sure to click the title of the game to download the graphic or purchase the game content!

Beard CheeseHow It Works: Bring a few contestants up front and have them split up into even pairs. One of them will cover their face with shaving cream while the other will be given a bowl of cheese puffs. When you say “go” the student with the cheese puffs must throw them at their partner and try to stick them onto their shaving cream covered faces. Set a time limit and the team with the most cheese puffs on their face wins.Supplies: Cans of shaving cream and cheese puffs.

ScatterballHow It Works: Basically dodgeball but their are no sides and you can only take 3 steps with the ball. If you get hit you’re out. If you catch the ball the person who threw it is out. Once it gets down to a few people you can take the limited number steps away and let them run as much as they want. Can also throw in extra balls to speed the game up a bit.Supplies: Dodgeballs (I suggest using Rhino Skin balls).

Ninja FootHow it Works: Everyone starts in pairs of two. They place their hands on the others shoulders and when you say “go” they must try to step on each others feet. Once someone steps on their opponents foot they win. When you loose you sit down. When you win you keep going by finding another winner to face. This keeps going until there are two people left to dual it out.Supplies: None!

Dizzy KickHow it Works: Pick a few contestants for this game. Have each contestant spin around with their heads on a bat and then attempt to kick a football. We did this inside so we judged the best kick by length. We also used foam footballs so we didn’t break anything.Supplies: Football, baseball bat.

Dance Your Hat and Gloves OffHow it Works: Just like it sounds. Bring a few students up front, play some music (we played Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” of course), and have them try and dance a pair of gloves and a beanie off.Supplies: Rubber cleaning gloves and a beanie for each contestant.

Everybody’s ItHow it Works: This game is basically the traditional game of tag but backwards. Everyone starts at “it.” If you tag someone they are out. If you get tagged you are out. Keep playing until there is only one person left.Supplies: None!

Don’t Forget the LyricsHow it Works: This is a great game from DYM. When you purchase the game you get all the graphics and audio files. Basically you bring a few contestants up and play a song for them while showing them the lyrics on the screen. The music will stop and their will be blanks for the lyrics. The contestant must finish the lyric. We made them sing it.Supplies: Game content from DYM.

Dr. Suess RapHow it Works: Bring a few students up front and hand them a Dr. Suess book. Tell them when the music starts playing they must attempt to rap the Dr. Suess book. We made them each rap at least for 30 seconds. Some students killed it and did amazing. Some not so much. We used Spotify to play some hip-hop beats for the students to rap to.Supplies: Dr. Suess books and hip-hop beats.

Spoon FedHow it Works: Bring a few students up front and have them split into pairs of two. One student will be the feeder and the other will be the eater. The feeder is given a broomstick with a spoon taped to the end of it. You place a bowl of something (we used chocolate pudding) in front of them and have them use their giant spoons to feed their partner. Set a time limit and the team who eats the most wins.Supplies: Broomsticks, plastic spoons (we used large serving sized spoons), chocolate pudding or some other type of food.

King of the CircleHow it Works: Tape a circle (or square) on the floor. Everyone starts in the circle and must put their hands in their pockets or behind their backs. When you say “go” students must attempt to push each other out of the circle. If you go out of the circle you are out. Keep going until their is only one person left in the circle.Supplies: Tape.

Dethrone the KingHow it Works: Everyone gets a Burger King crown and spreads out across the room. When you say “go” students must attempt to knock others students crowns off. If your crown gets knocked off you are out. If your crown falls off while running or dodging others you are out. Students cannot hold their crown on their heads. We provided balls that students could use during the game to knock others crowns off. This game is a tweaked version of game from Fun Ninja called Crown the King.Supplies: Burger King crowns (we went to two Burger King’s and asked for crowns and ended up with more than we needed).

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Published by Austin McCann

Austin is the student ministries director at Redemption Chapel in Stow, OH. He has a BA from Piedmont International University and a Master of Arts in Religion with a Christian leadership focus from Liberty University School of Divinity. Austin enjoys reading, writing, playing basketball and golf, and spending time with his family.
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